Definition

suitableness, i.e. (by implication) equity, mildness

Etymology

from G1933 (ἐπιεικής);

Word family

• ἐπιεικής epieikḗs

How the KJV renders it

• clemency
• gentleness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.